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Joseph Walla
Personal blog · josephwalla.comstartupsbusiness
Joseph Walla writes startup thoughts, a personal blog at josephwalla.com about startups and business. Since 2013, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 49 times, most often “Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts on startup and fundraising experience, including an essay on Y Combinator rejection and attrition, and a story about the Yardsale and FOBO startups. Commenters link them as background on those companies and rejections.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
musings about startup companies and entrepreneurship
Most-linked posts?
- Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-09-08
- Getting into the tech scene when you have no skills2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-03-15
- How to hustle and launch in 3 weeks: The FOBO Backstory2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-01-10
- Why Just Being Innovative Isn’t Good Enough2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-09-02
- "How can I help?"2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-01-22
- "Attrition is a group statistic. It doesn't apply to me."2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-03-29
What Hacker News says?
I'm talking general run way, not Dropbox. If you can cut your costs efficiently, you should, regardless of who you are. I am not saying you should rely on native standards without innovating, I am saying a developer is a better person to make those decisions where you wanna tweak design that might be hellish in code than a designer. I like developers who can design. Period. Especially iOS where the damn controllers…
Comment linking /getting-into-the-tech-scene-when-you-have-no-skills
on “Dropbox Acquires Mailbox”Submitted Your Job as a Founder Is to Create Believers as a story · 270 points
HN discussion"Attrition is a group statistic. It doesn't apply to me" https://josephwalla.com/attrition-is-a-group-statistic-it-do...
Comment linking /attrition-is-a-group-statistic-it-dont-apply-to-me
on “Tell HN: Rejected from Y Combinator? Don't be upset or quit”Submitted The Rejection Book: Good luck, bad luck, who knows? as a story · 228 points
HN discussionhttp://josephwalla.com/attrition-is-a-group-statistic-it-don...
Comment linking /attrition-is-a-group-statistic-it-dont-apply-to-me
on “I took the $300k (2013)”Submitted This email may be worth millions of dollars in sales as a story · 220 points
HN discussionFor those of you wondering what were they doing in the huge gap from S11 to two months before. Here are some info: 1) The startup they applied to YC is called Yardsale, and it's still alive: https://www.getyardsale.com . "Yardsale, a mobile app to help folks sell goods to local buyers." 2) FOBO is founded by Yardsale, Inc. FOBO received $1.6M in Seed funding. (10/18/13) 3) More stories here: http://josephwalla.com/h…
Comment linking /how-to-hustle-and-launch-in-3-weeks-the-fobo-backstory
on “After 2 Months, FOBO (YC S11) Has Hit a Million-Dollar Run Rate”Submitted "Attrition is a group statistic. It doesn't apply to me." as a story · 185 points
HN discussionSubmitted The best founders are futurists as a story · 106 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people as a story · 77 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting into the tech scene when you have no skills as a story · 63 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming your story as a story · 42 points
HN discussionSubmitted Seed Rounds: How to Pick a Valuation as a story · 41 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't build a Galapagos product as a story · 34 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why the Jobs Act is great for Angel List as a story · 33 points
HN discussionSubmitted Focus on specifics when interviewing as a story · 23 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to hustle and launch in 3 weeks: The FOBO Backstory as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don’t be the startup that accidentally runs out of money as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spooking potential hires as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Investors and advisors: the crowd, the ringside, and your corner as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Treat investors well when fundraising as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted 44 ways to reduce stress in a startup as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Validating potential investors as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The risk of the charismatic founder as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting your angel round up to fail as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don’t be the startup that accidentally runs out of money as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted "How can I help?" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people as a story · 2 points
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